Editorial: Injudicious use of antibiotics and the emergence of antibiotic resistance

Although, Fleming first discovered the antibiotic derived from the fungus Penicillium notatum in 1929, but it was not earlier than 1940 when penicillin could be produced in pure form for human use.1 It was a revolution in the treatment of infections and the simple diseases which were fatal in the past were treated effectively and promptly. In the next few years there was a lot of research in this field and several different groups of antibiotics with varied spectra were introduced in the market. Almost all the pharmaceutical companies started manufacturing antibiotics both derived from living organism and later synthetically